Taiwanese fried chicken (TFC)
Taiwanese fried chicken (TFC)

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, taiwanese fried chicken (tfc). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Taiwanese fried chicken, westernized as popcorn chicken is a dish in Taiwanese cuisine commonly found as street snack and is indispensable to the night markets in Taiwan. It consists of bite-sized pieces of chicken, coated and fried with flour and seasoning mixture. Hot Star fried chicken is an enormous piece of … The oil is hot enough when a wooden spoon dipped into the oil forms small little bubbles.

Taiwanese fried chicken (TFC) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Taiwanese fried chicken (TFC) is something which I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have taiwanese fried chicken (tfc) using 20 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Taiwanese fried chicken (TFC):
  1. Make ready chicken wings or 3 boneless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces
  2. Take Chicken marinade:
  3. Make ready garlic cloves, finely minced (add more or less depending on preference)
  4. Take light soya sauce (I used Kikkoman brand)
  5. Make ready five spice powder
  6. Get sesame oil (add more or less depending on preference)
  7. Get Shaoxing rice wine
  8. Prepare white pepper powder
  9. Take black pepper powder
  10. Take salt
  11. Get sugar (caster or granulated)
  12. Get For frying the chicken and basil leaves:
  13. Make ready plain flour or cornstarch
  14. Take potato flour
  15. Make ready large eggs, lightly beaten
  16. Make ready fresh basil leaves
  17. Get Vegetable oil, for deep-frying (or any cooking oil, enough to fully cover the chicken)
  18. Take Garnish:
  19. Take Taiwanese pepper salt spice powder for dusting (use more or less depending on preference)
  20. Make ready fried basil leaves

Usually the chicken nuggets you get at a night market come in a little bag or cup, piping hot. A. that dusted the chicken with the final seasoning. Taiwanese Fried Chicken might be the best fried chicken you will put in your mouth!! Taiwanese Fried Chicken might be the best fried chicken you will put in your mouth!!

Steps to make Taiwanese fried chicken (TFC):
  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine the chicken and marinade ingredients together, making sure to completely coat each part of the chicken. Cover the bowl with cling film and place in the fridge. Let the chicken marinade between 30 minutes to an hour if using on the same day or over night.
  2. Pour cooking oil at least one inch deep into pot or wok being used for frying and turn to medium high heat. In a small bowl, crack and gently beat the egg. In a large food bag, put in the plain flour or cornstarch and the potato flour.
  3. When the oil is hot enough, tip: place the end of the chopstick into the oil, if it bubbles the oil is ready. Coat all of the chicken in the egg mixture, once fully coated, dip each chicken piece into the flour mixture. Coat evenly all over and then place into hot oil. Let chicken fry on both sides until it becomes golden brown (about 3-4 minutes).
  4. Fry a few pieces of chicken at a time (about 4-5 pieces depending on the size of your pot or wok). When the chicken is done, remove and place on a baking tray lined with paper towel to drain any excess oil.
  5. Once all of the chicken has been cooked, transfer to a large mixing bowl. Then going back to the oil place in handful fresh basil leaves. Tip: Be careful as the oil will splatter if basil leaves have any extra moisture of water in it and may make a popping sound. The basil leaves cook quite fast, so you only need to fry them for a few seconds. Remove once crispy. Place basil leaves on baking tray lined with a paper towel to remove excess oil.
  6. Now go back to the chicken and add the crispy basil leaves. Now dust generously with the Taiwanese pepper salt. Shake the bowl and toss the chicken gently to coat every piece of it. Serve immediately while pipping hot. Eat it as a snack or as a side dish accompaniment with other dishes.

When I was traveling Taiwan, I had to try all different kinds of street food. One of the food caught my eyes were this fried chicken. One, because of the delicious frying chicken smell and two, the refreshing basil in the chicken! The method in brief: Marinate the chicken with the ingredients under 'marinade' for ½ an hour. Dip the marinated chicken strips into the wet batter well and then into the dry flour mix.

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